Manchester, August, 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI see\u2026 the blessing that you will hear the commandment of the Lord your God that I command you this day. And the curse, if you do not hear the commandment of the Lord your God, and you stray from the path that I command you today, to follow other gods whom you do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The interpreters ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) Why does he say in the blessing, \u201cthat you will hear,\u201d and in the curse he said, \u201cif you do not hear\u201d? Why does he not say \u201cIf you hear\u201d also in the blessing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Why does he separate in the curse between the \u201cthe commandment of the Lord your God, and you stray from the path that I the Lord command you today,\u201d and in the blessing, immediately following \u201cthe Lord your God\u201d comes \u201cthat I command you today\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should say in the manner of intimation, concerning the verse, \u201cthe blessing,\u201d that he interprets the blessing, that you will hear the commandment of the Lord your God, which I command you today. Concerning the curse, he interprets the curse, if you do not hear the commandment of the Lord your God. He interprets what will happen\u2014that you will \u201cstray from the path that I command you today,\u201d and all that you will have is to \u201cfollow other gods whom you do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should ask the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) Why did he say \u201cthat\u201d in regard to the blessing, and \u201cif you hear\u201d in regard to the curse? Why does he not say \u201cif you hear\u201d concerning the blessing, too? It seems to imply that it is a condition: If you hear, you will receive a blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Why, with the curse does he separate between \u201cyour gods\u201d and says that you will \u201cstray from the path that I command you today\u201d? Also, why does he not say in the blessing, too, \u201cand you will walk on the path that I command you today,\u201d but rather said, \u201cthat you will hear\u2026 your gods, which I command you today\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) What is the meaning of the words \u201cthat you will hear\u201d? What if you do not hear? Is this a matter of hearing? Why does He not say, \u201cIf you walk or do in My laws\u201d? What does the word, \u201chearing\u201d mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thing is that at the time of the reception of the Torah, Israel said, \u201cWe will do and we will hear.\u201d Hence, all that it talks about here is doing, and the Creator interprets the reward called \u201chearing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hence, He made the blessing so you would hear, and the curse, when do you know that you have a curse? When you do not hear. Then you will know that your work is inappropriate. This is why they said, \u201cyou shall stray,\u201d etc., \u201cto walk,\u201d which is \u201cdoing.\u201d But if the doing is fine, there should be hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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